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Intermec Shell 4.01 Standard – Startup Manual
Options in Intermec Shell
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USING INTERMEC SHELL, cont'd.
1/. A prerequisite is that the program is
provided with the extension “.PRG”.
However, some original Intermec utility
programs are excluded from the list:
ERRHAND.PRG
ERRH910.PRG
FILELIST.PRG
MKAUTO.PRG
TEST910.PRG
In Intermec Shell, the options are presented in stacks of menus,
organizedasinfiniteloops, where you can move aroundandselect
the desired option, as illustrated by the diagram at the end of this
chapter.
Select Application
TheSelect application optionallows you to enter a stack of menus
showingthedifferentapplicationprogramsintheprinter'smemory1.
Note that after having selected an application, you must wait for
theprintertorestartandperformthe5secondscountdownbefore
the selected application is opened.
•Current appl. starts the last selected application (by default
Intermec Fingerprint with "uart1:" selected as std I/O channel).
•LabelShopselectsthestandardserialinterface"uart1:"asstandard
IN/OUT channel and sets up the printer for the various Intermec
LabelShoplabeldesignprogram,whichyoucanrunonapersonal
computer.
Refer to the manuals for the various versions of Intermec
LabelShop.
•Windows Driver selects the optional parallel interface
"centronics:"asstandardIN/OUTchannelandsetsuptheprinter
for the Intermec Windows Drivers, which you can use on a
personalcomputertoproduceprintoutsfromalmostanystandard
program run under various versions of Microsoft Windows, e.g.
word processors, spreadsheet programs, drawing programs etc.
•Fingerprint is used to create or modify programs written in the
IntermecFingerprintprogramminglanguage.Thisoptionrequires
that you also select a standard IN/OUT channel, i.e. the channel
you want to use for communication between the printer and the
computer or terminal on which you will write your program.
Normally,select"uart1:"(default).Forprogramming,donotuse
theparallel"centronics:"channel(one-waycommunicationonly).
RefertotheIntermecFingerprint6.13ReferenceManualandthe
Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 Programmer's Guide.
•DirectProtocolisaneasy-to-useprinterprotocolfordownloading
label layouts and variable input data to a printer from a host
computer.ThisoptionrequiresthatyoualsoselectastandardIN/
OUTchannel,i.e.thechannelyouwanttouseforcommunication
between the printer and the computer or terminal. Normally,
select "uart1:" (default).
RefertotheIntermec DirectProtocol6.13Programmer'sGuide.
